That whole mess still stinks. Had to lock down tens of thousands of people to find one unarmed, injured teen. And then, the gestapo still doesn't find him; an observant citizen does. And, outside the "search area" at that. And then, what do they do? Shoot the boat into splinters, accomplishing exactly nothing except for perhaps achieving mass- erection. The kid still lived, and somebody still had to go drag him out of a now worthless boat. Even in their search, some things still didn't add up. Guns drawn and pointed at them, innocent citizens are pulled from the homes they've been "voluntarily" confined to and bodily searched. Really? I mean, REALLY?!? I almost wish I had been there and been searched, so I could have told them, "Hey! If you're looking for a terrorist in my pants, he's around front!" But, I'd have probably gotten shot for calling attention to their idiocy.

Sadly that's what I've gotten out of becoming 50 (besides old, fat & ugly): pointing out that I've been tellin' ya so since 1975, and there were many before me (and many greater: RIP Abbie Hoffman). To those who ain't so ancient, how does it feel to be stuck living out a post-Watergate dystopia flick?